I can't think of anything to add to this fine article. It covers every relevant point anyone who is looking for a wide-format printer is interested in: price, quality, cost to operate, speed. Even issues such as its footprint and noise level are helpful to a potential buyer.
We purchased the 130 last week and we cannot figure out how to get rid of the lines on the paper. We are printing from Adobe PSE and we clicked the option to allow the HP Driver to determine the color and we cannot get rid of these lines. Ive called tech support and no one seems to have an answer just alot of run around. Can anyone out there help us?
there is one problem with this ........if it is out of warranty and there is a problem with the printer good luck finding some one to fix it ,it will cost you the price of the printer to get it fixed
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does anyone know whether or not the hp 130 will print on transparencies? i have gotten opposite opinions from the hp support people and after several tries (and continued oppositie answers) i still do not know. i need this printer to print on lg. transparencies -- the kind used for overhead projection. any answers? thanks. joanG
The quality is fantastic! However, when I upgraded my operating system software I could no longer use the system maintenance or calibration utility. After much work by a HP technician I was told that HP does not support operating systems past OSX 10.3 for the Mac. These days most people use 10.4 and up, I can't believe that HP hasn't kept up with Mac users! I have to say that although I have had mine for at least 5 years with great print quality, the fact that I can no longer calibrate or do system maintenance on it makes it worthless - I'm starting to have color shifts that I never had before! If you have a Mac DON'T BUY this until they fix the problem and from what I can tell it has been YEARs since this was first reported!
I noticed in this article that you mention a roll feeder for around $60 more, but I researched this and found only Automatic Roll Feeders for this model and the cheapest one I could find was $499. What happened to the $60 roll feeder? Did they discontinue it?
We have 3 such plotters and have not been happy with the roll paper feed. We have found it hard to load paper or rather it will load it then turn back around and spit it back out. Out of the 50 or so users a handful can get it loaded in less than 15 min. most take more time and end up calling support.
We have had this printer for a few years and no one that has ever had to use it likes it... they despise it, actually! The paper never seems to be loaded correctly (even when checked against the instructions on how to do so). When the printer finally cooperates, it pulls the paper back and forth over and over again and then cuts it so we end up wasting sooo much paper (and the paper is expensive, too!) We waste more man hours trying to get the printer to work than it is worth. We would definitely NOT recommend this printer to anyone, for any purpose!
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Bonjour,
I am interested by the same problem.If you had found solutions meanwhile, could you please let me know ?
Have you launched B&W ICC profiles from hp designjet site ?
I am also interested to know how you manage the black ink only mode.(good for me for pictorial effects).
Thanks for your reply.
Bernard(France)
Excellent review of a fine printer
I can't think of anything to add to this fine article. It covers every relevant point anyone who is looking for a wide-format printer is interested in: price, quality, cost to operate, speed. Even issues such as its footprint and noise level are helpful to a potential buyer.
where can one find a roll feeder for $60.??
The only ones I find are $400.00+
Help Me!
We purchased the 130 last week and we cannot figure out how to get rid of the lines on the paper. We are printing from Adobe PSE and we clicked the option to allow the HP Driver to determine the color and we cannot get rid of these lines. Ive called tech support and no one seems to have an answer just alot of run around. Can anyone out there help us?
there is one problem with
there is one problem with this ........if it is out of warranty and there is a problem with the printer good luck finding some one to fix it ,it will cost you the price of the printer to get it fixed
Roll Feeder ?
Where did you see it for 400.00 ?
CDW has it 80.00 $
for http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=557421&RecommendedFOREDC=629702&RecoType=AC&cm_sp=Product-_-RecoAcc-_-HP+Designjet+110%2f120%2f130+Spindle+Accessory
printing on transparencies
does anyone know whether or not the hp 130 will print on transparencies? i have gotten opposite opinions from the hp support people and after several tries (and continued oppositie answers) i still do not know. i need this printer to print on lg. transparencies -- the kind used for overhead projection. any answers? thanks. joanG
Loved it, but...
The quality is fantastic! However, when I upgraded my operating system software I could no longer use the system maintenance or calibration utility. After much work by a HP technician I was told that HP does not support operating systems past OSX 10.3 for the Mac. These days most people use 10.4 and up, I can't believe that HP hasn't kept up with Mac users! I have to say that although I have had mine for at least 5 years with great print quality, the fact that I can no longer calibrate or do system maintenance on it makes it worthless - I'm starting to have color shifts that I never had before! If you have a Mac DON'T BUY this until they fix the problem and from what I can tell it has been YEARs since this was first reported!
How to order
I need a contact number to know how I can order.
Paper Roll Feeder
I noticed in this article that you mention a roll feeder for around $60 more, but I researched this and found only Automatic Roll Feeders for this model and the cheapest one I could find was $499. What happened to the $60 roll feeder? Did they discontinue it?
Not happy
We have 3 such plotters and have not been happy with the roll paper feed. We have found it hard to load paper or rather it will load it then turn back around and spit it back out. Out of the 50 or so users a handful can get it loaded in less than 15 min. most take more time and end up calling support.
Terrible printer
We have had this printer for a few years and no one that has ever had to use it likes it... they despise it, actually! The paper never seems to be loaded correctly (even when checked against the instructions on how to do so). When the printer finally cooperates, it pulls the paper back and forth over and over again and then cuts it so we end up wasting sooo much paper (and the paper is expensive, too!) We waste more man hours trying to get the printer to work than it is worth. We would definitely NOT recommend this printer to anyone, for any purpose!
printer reviews
I think this is very unique article. In this article i found that Calibration and Printing Speeds, media and quantity are very well defined information is available. If you want to read more:
Printer Reviews
PDF printing possibilites
Is it possible to print PDFs from Mac? Or can it only handle JPEGs?
grayscale is wrong
When I print gray lines in color mode they all come out pink... how can I fix this without turning the printer into black ink only mode?
Hp 130( about Post N°14 11/04/2011-09:10)
Bonjour,
I am interested by the same problem.If you had found solutions meanwhile, could you please let me know ?
Have you launched B&W ICC profiles from hp designjet site ?
I am also interested to know how you manage the black ink only mode.(good for me for pictorial effects).
Thanks for your reply.
Bernard(France)